1945: A Mafia Crew Buys Harlem’s Newspaper to Destroy Bumpy — Bumpy Makes Their Empire Collapse
1945: A Mafia Crew Buys Harlem’s Newspaper to Destroy Bumpy — Bumpy Makes Their Empire Collapse Harlem. 12:40 a.m. October 1945. Overnight, 50,000 newspapers flooded every corner, every doorstep, every sidewalk. One message printed on every page. Bumpy Johnson must be erased. Cops, politicians, and a downtown mafia crew all signed that contract in silence….
